Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 4.2.10, English translation, including commentaries such as the Upaskara of Shankara Mishra, the Vivriti of Jayanarayana-Tarkapanchanana and the Bhashya of Chandrakanta. The Vaisheshika Sutras teaches the science freedom (moksha-shastra) and the various aspects of the soul (eg., it's nature, suffering and rebirth under the law of karma). This is sutra 0 (‘conclusion: a-sexual bodies exist’) contained in Chapter 2—Of Tangible Atomic Products—of Book IV (of the origin of bodies).
Sūtra 4.2.10 (Conclusion: A-sexual bodies exist)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 4.2.10:
सन्त्ययोनिजाः ॥ ४.२.१० ॥
santyayonijāḥ || 4.2.10 ||
santi—exist; ayonijāḥ—a-sexual bodies.
10. A-sexual bodies exist.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
He concludes:
[Read sūtra 4.2.10 above]
The words “particular’ forms of bodies” are the complement of the aphorism.—10.